AnimalIdentification SystemsAnimal Science I

Identification Systems• Branding

cattle• Ear Tagging

cattle goats

• Ear Notching swine

• Tattooing cattle rabbits

Branding Used mainly for cattle Two types

Freeze Branding Hot Iron Branding

Uses a metal instrument to burn or freeze a mark on the animal’s hide

Originally used to show ownership

Angle Brand System

Angle Brand System

What would be the number of this

animal?

Answer: 95

Angle Brand System

What would be the number of this

animal?

Answer:

140

Angle Brand System

What would be the angle brand of this

animal?

Answer:120

Ear Tagging Use special pliers to attach pieces with

numbers on them Easy to read from the front view Not permanent Can be lost or removed

Ear Tagging

Tattooing Uses a special tool to put inked numbers in an

animal’s skin Most commonly found in the ear Can be used on the lips or other locations Permanent Simple and relatively painless Hard to read from a distance

Tatooing

Tatooing

Ear Notching- Swine

Why Notch? Universal Swine

Identification system Tags will come off in

the feed pen

Ear Notching- Swine

Ear Notching- Swine

Ear Notching Quiz

What would be the litter

number and individual

number of this animal?

Ear Notching Answer The right (litter)

ear is equal to 9+3+3+1=16

The left (pig) ear is equal to 3

This is the 16-3 pig